Iron Maiden introduce Trooper Eddie to Legacy Of The Beast

Iron Maiden bring Trooper Eddie to their hit mobile game Legacy Of The Beast ahead of their 2018 European tour

Iron Maiden have introduced Trooper Eddie into their hit mobile game Legacy of The Beast.

It’s the latest version of the Maiden mascot to appear in the game, which also features Eddie in his cyborg, mummy, vampire, viking and samurai guises.

Earlier this month, the band announced the Legacy Of The Beast European tour, which has been inspired by the game and comic book of the same name.

The stage set design will feature “a number of different but interlocking ‘worlds’ with a setlist covering a large selection of 80s material with a handful of surprises from later albums.”

Iron Maiden manager Rod Smallwood says: “For this tour we decided to base the theme around the Legacy Of The Beast name, which suits our purposes perfectly by giving us scope to play a lot of 80s favourites and to get creative and have some fun, especially with Eddie!

“The game has always paid tribute to the recording and touring plans of the band with the timing, characters, worlds and even the launch of the PVP arena all having relevance to what the band were up to at any one time.

“With The Trooper a mainstay of our touring set list for many years now, I know our fans will finally love using Trooper Eddie in the game.

“He looks incredible and his special ability is one of the wildest things we have seen in the game so far.”